Word: beowulf
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Another glaring fault is seen in the department of English. While the elective courses in Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Beowulf are conducted in the most unexceptionable manner, the required work of the department (the only work required after freshmen year) is notoriously a failure. The instruction in rhetoric is ridiculous and imbecile, while the so-called "instruction" in forensics consists in handing in a few sheets of paper every two months and in being marked upon the same, not a word of advice or criticism ever being given. In themes, however, the written exercise is returned with some cabalistic pencil marks...
...whole courses and come three times a week. The English department will be substantially the same. English II. will continue to be regarded as a course that can be taken for two successive years, and the same is true of English VII. Lastly, the former graduate course in Beowulf, one hour, has been included in English IV., and the two constitute a whole course...